Workman&#39;s time-recorder.



W. T. GELTZ.

woRKMANs TIME RECORDER.

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WORKMANS TIME RECORDER.

APPucATloN FILED MAR. l5. 1913.

1,137,962. Patented Mzy 4, 1915.

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.WILLIAM T. GELTZ, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

woRKMANs TIME-RECORDER.

To lll lwhom it may concern n Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. GEnTz, citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vorkmens Time-Recorders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to workmens time recorders, and has for its object to provide an improved device or machine which willy operate to register and record the elapsed time between any two periods.'

The invention is particularly applicable to workmens time recorders in which time is recorded on a card.

By means l'of the present machine the card will be marked with the starting and stopping times and will also compute and record on the card the elapsed-time in hours and minutes between the start andthe stop.

I am aware that machines have been proposed which will mark the times of starting and stopping a piece of work. `With these machines it is'necessary for the bookkeeper to figure the elapsed time. rThe present machine does this automatically, and will mark the elapsed time on the record card.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a front view of the machine, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. tails of the wheels which drive stencil belts. Figli is an enlarged detail of the working mechanism. Fig. 7 is a detail of a modified form of stencil or marking belt, using linked plates instead of a continuous belt. Fig. 8 is a detail in section of a sliding pin point used to connect two of the wheels. Fig. 9 is a detail in section of one of the Fig. 10 is a view of a card showing a starting record. Fig. 11 is a similar view showing the complete record.

Referring specifically to the drawings 6 indicates a clock having Aa proper escapement which controls the turn of a shaft 7 Specification of Letters Patent.

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are de- Patented' May 4, 1915,

Application filed March 15, 1913. Serial No. 754,587.

acting t0 jump xiorward at intervals of one minute -eachby neans of the clock escapement. -1

On the side of the wheel `11 adjacent to the second wheel14, the said wheel 11l is provided with a spiral groove 12, beginning at the hub and ending at the stopJ near the periphery. The second wheel 1 4, falso mounted to turn on the shaft 22, is the driving wheel. It is driven by gearing 27 meshing with the peripheral gear l5, from a spring motor 28 which may be of any suitable type. It turns the Wheel 14 forwardly, and this wheel 14 carries a chisel pin 13 which travels in the groove 12, and so carries the wheel 11 forwardly, by contact of said pin with the stop J, as fast as permittedvby the clock escapement. rIhe chisel pin 13 is mounted in a radial groove 13a in thel Wheel 14, so that it can move from one endA to the other of said groove and thus follow the windings of the spiral groove 12 when the wheel 14 is turned backwardly with respect to the wheel 11. This chisel pin 13 is mounted on the side of the wheel 14 adjacent the wheel 11. 0n the opposite side of the wheel 14 is carried a pawl 23 pressed by a spring 24 and arranged to engage in a ratchet 25 on the side of the third or elapsed as many minutes as the wheel 14 is turned back. The wheel 14 is geared by a gear wheel 27, andA suitable gears 16a, to an indicator 1 7, of known construction, which simply serves to indicate the number of minutes the wheel 14 is turned back. On the outer A side of the wheel` 26 (which wheel is also loose on the shaft 22) is a groove exactly similar to the groove 12 on the wheel 11, and in this groove there is also a chisel pin 29 which stops against the end of the spiral' groove and prevents the wheel26 from go-y ing forward past the zero point, but permits the wheel 2G to be turned back. The chisel pin 29 is slidably mounted on a support 31 attached to the shaft 22, said support permitting radial movement of the chisel pin. The wheel 26 is normally held at zero or normal position by means of a spring 39.,

which returns said wheel to zero position after each operation.

20 isv a crank shaft extending through a bore in the shaft 22, and provided at its outer end with a crank handle 21 located outside lthe casing. At its inner end this shaft has a gear 19 meshing withan internal gear 1S in the hub of the wheel 14. A spring 32 normally pushes the gear 19 out of engagement, but when the shaft 20 is pushed in, as shown in Fig. 6, the gears engage, and by turning the crank 21 the Wheel 14 may be turned back, carryingwith it the wheel 26 by means of the pawl 23 and the ratchet 25, as above described.

Each of the wheels 11, 14 and 26 operate suitable marking devices., l have shown stencil bands A, driven by each of these wheels, and passing over pulleys B in position to permit a card inserted in theholder C to be marked. rllhis marking will beeected in any suitable way, preferably by the means shown and 'described in my pending appli cation Serial No. 748913, filed February 17, 1913, and indicated as-a whole at l), and acting as described in said application to blow ink through the stencil openings of the belts onto a card inserted in the holder, as fully described in said application; or a marking Vbrush may be used, as also described in said application. Instead of a continuous stencil belt, a belt of stencil plates 33, containing successive minute marks orv openings, and connected by links 34, may be used. 0r various other types of printing devices may be used, within the scope of the invention. Y

ln operation, the Wheels 11 and 14 turn and advance the belts thereon minute by minute as permitted by the clock escapement, thus indicating the standard time; and the wheel 26 remains idle or at zero. Assuming that a workman comes at 1 oclock -to mark the start of a job, he inserts his card in the holder and by operating the marking mechanism the card receives the following marks:

Start 1:00 1:00 0 00 These marks being made respectively by the belts carried by the wheels 11, 14 and 26 re spectively, the last always recording zero at the start. Assuming that the job is finished at 3:26,.'the workman inserts his card and by means of the crank 21 .(which he pushes in to engage the gears 18 and 19) he turns back the wheel 14 until the register 17 shows the starting time, or 1 oclock, thus indicating that the wheel 14 has been turned back a period of time equal to the elapsed time on the job. As the wheel 14 isturned back it carries with it the wheel 26, also the same period of time. ADuring this movement, the chisel pin 13 travels in the groove '12, and the chisel pin 29 travels in the similar groove on the wheel 26. 'llhen by operating the marking mechanism the card is marked as follows:

Stop 3:26 1:00 2:26

The first being the mark on the belt on the 30, and the spring'motor 28 turns the wheel 14 forwardly until the chisel pin 13 strikes the stop d, thereby bringing the wheels 11 and 14 into synchronism, ready for the next operation.

llt will be seenthat by means of the start and stop records the standard times of starting and. stopping is shown, also the elapsed time, and the correctness of the latter is proved bythe lsimilarity of the two'marks given by the middle wheel 14.

. rllhe invention is not limited to the exact embodiment shown, but various modifications may be used, within the scope of the following claims. rllhe groove 12 is long enough to permit the second wheel to be turned back an extent equal to twelve hours, say, or at least a full working day.

By this invention it is impossible to take an incorrect registration without instantly showing. not only that a mistake has been made but the extent of the time thus added or taken.

What l claim is:

1. ln a workmens time recorder,'the combination of a clock controlled standard time wheel, ,driven in one direction, a proving wheel driven forwardly simultaneously an extent equal to the standard time, an elapsed time wheel, means to turnthe proving wheel backwardly to an extent equal to the forward movement, means engaging between the proving and elapsed time wheels to turn the latter to lan equal extent when the former isturned backwardly, and marking means carried by each of said wheels.

2. ln a workmens time recorder, the com-I to an equal extent when the proving wheel is turned backwardly, and time marking means carried by each of said wheels.

l 3. In a workmens time recorder, the combination of a standard time wheel, a '.clock mechanism controlling the same, said wheel having a stop, a proving wheel having a device engaging said stop in one directlon,

" a third wheel mounted beside the second A 4return the elapsed time wheel to zero position.

4. In a workmens time recorder, the combination of a clock con rolled standard time, adapted to be drivenin one direction, a proving wheel adapted to be' driven to an equal `extent .in said direction, means' to drive said wheels in said direction, an'- elapsed time wheel normally at. zero position, means to turn the proving wheel in the opposite direction to an extent equal toits movement in said directionya time indicator geared to the proving wheel, tov

indicate the extent lof said reverse turn, means engaging between the Vproving Wheel and the elapsed time wheel to turn the latter toan equal extent when the former is turned in said reverse direction, and marking'means actuated by each of said wheels.

5. In a workmens time recorder, the combination of aclock controlledv firstI Wheel provided on one side with .a spiral groove,

a motor driven second wheel locatedbeside said first wheel and provided with a pin adapted to travel in saidgroove and stop against the end thereofvand thereby turn the first wheel to an extentequal to the turn of the second wheel in onedirection, means toturn the second wheel in reverse direction,

wheel and normally held in z'ero position, pawl and ratchet mechanism engaging be- -tween the second wheel and third wheel and adapted to turn the latter equally with the former when said former is turned in reverse directiomand marking means operated by each of said wheels.

6. In a workmens time recorder, the com-l bination of a clock controlled first wheel provided on one side with a spiral groove, a' motorI driven second wheel located beside said rst wheel and provided with a pin adapted to travel in said groove and stop against the end thereof and thereby turn the first Wheel to an extent equal to the turn of the second wheel in one direction, means to turn the second wheel in reverse direction,a

thirdwheel mounted beside the second wheel and normally held in zero position, pawl and ratchet' mechanism engaging between the second vand thirdwheels and adapted to turn the latter equally with the former when` said former 1s turned inreverse "direction,

` and a belt driven by each wheel and provided with marking means adaptedto make a time record. 'A f A 7. In a workmens time recorder, the combination of a shaft', a clock controlled irst wheel mounted to turn thereon, a second wheel mounted to turn on the shaft beside the first wheel, a driving device engageable between the'irst wheel andthe second wheel when the latter is turned in one direction,

means to turn the 'second wheel in said di rection, a manually operatedl Vcrank shaft --mou-nted in said shaft and having a gear engageable with .the second wheel to turn the latter in reverse direction, said, crank shaft being shiftable lengthwise to'engage or disengage'the gear, a third-wheel mounted? on the shaft beside the second wheel,

driving devices between the second wheel and 'the third wheel engageable when the former is A*turned in reverse direction, and

timemarking means`operated by each of said wheels.

In testimony whereof, vI do aili'x my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I Witnesses:

JOHN A., BoMMHnnn'r, ,v J. B. DAVIS.

WILLIAM T. GEL'IZj 

